I followed the source tarball path to installation. I am on windows 7 64bit. Tomcat 6.0.35 JDK 1.6

I ran the /config/setup-properies-windows.exe

I set all the postgres and tomcat values and confirmed the proper values.

I ran the ant install.source and monitored the console and all the sql ran ok, everything seemed to build ok and even set an environment variable to env.CATALINA_HOME after seeing that go by in the console.

I saw no exceptions and it ended with a BUILD SUCCESSFUL

Yet the tomcat webapps didn't have the /openbravo and of course localhost:8080/openbravo doesn't work and /manager doesn't show /openbravo

I did see a folder in the Openbravo-3.0MP10.1 folder where I ran the ant install.source called ${env.CATALINA_HOME} AND in it was the /webapps/ folder and it it was the /openbravo/ folder and in it the typical web application structure.

so I copied the /openbravo folder into /webapps and I created a context file openbravo.xml to point to it in the localhost folder.

I get the login screen and enter Openbravo / openbravo and I am in.

So I am not asking a question, I am posting so some other poor fool doesn't waste several hours trying to figure it all out.

I set all the postgres and tomcat values and confirmed the proper values.

I ran the ant install.source and monitored the console and all the sql ran ok, everything seemed to build ok and even set an environment variable to env.CATALINA_HOME after seeing that go by in the console.

That's your first error. You're assuming that only $CATALINA_HOME is required, but what about $CATALINA_BASE ? Are you sure that this variables were properly set? Did you tested it? (e.g. echo %CATALINA_BASE% from the console before running install.source)

I am posting so some other poor fool doesn't waste several hours trying to figure it all out.Have you guys heard of a new technique called a WAR file?

If you search, you will find the installation guide with the propsed way to install Openbravo. If you want to build a war file, you just need to change the "deploy.mode" in the config/Openbravo.properties of your sources.